Hello and welcome to another Battlegroup-Frontlines news update. Today we present to you our Junkers Ju-87B “Stuka” dive bomber. The product of a joint effort between mods and members of Black Sand Studios, it was modeled and textured by petemonster of EoD and exported/coded by takiwa.
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Hello and welcome to another Battlegroup-Frontlines news update. Today we present to you our Junkers Ju-87B “Stuka” dive bomber. The product of a joint effort between mods and members of Black Sand Studios, it was modeled and textured by petemonster of EoD and exported/coded by takiwa.
The Stuka was feared during the German Blitzkriegs of 1939-41 and was a major component of the success of the attacks by providing deadly accurate tactical strikes against enemy armour, communications and transport. With this help from the “flying artillery” the Germans managed to roll through Poland, the Low Countries, France and Russia during the first few years of the war. The Stuka served throughout the war although it was obsolete by 1942, it was continually upgraded and provided with different armament (including 2 37mm anti-tank guns in under wing pods in the G version).
Specifications
Type: Dive bomber and ground attack
Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG
Crew: Two
First Flight: August 1938
Final Delivery: 1941
Engine:
Ju-87B-1
Model: Junkers Jumo 211 A
Type: Water-Cooled Inverted V12
Number: One Horsepower: 1,100 hp
Ju-87B-2
Model: Junkers Jumo 211 Da
Type: Water-Cooled Inverted V12
Number: One Horsepower: 1,200 hp
Dimensions:
Wing span: 45 ft. 3¼ in. (13.8m)
Wing Surface Area: N/A
Length: 36 ft. 5 in. (11.1m)
Height: 12 ft. 9 in. (3.9m)
Weights:
Empty: 6,080 lbs. (2750 kg)
Loaded: 9,371 lbs. (4250 kg)
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 242 mph (390 kph)
Cruise Speed: N/A
Range (With Bomb Load): 373 miles (600 km)
Initial Climb: N/A
Endurance: N/A
Service Ceiling: 26,250 ft. (8,000m)
Armament:
Two 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns in wings.
One 7.92mm MG 17 machine gun in rear cockpit.
Bomb Load:
One 1,100 lb. (500 kg) bomb on centreline.
Four 110 lb. (50 kg) bombs on wing racks & One 550lb (250kg) bomb on centreline.
And it is a bitch to fly in IL-2. :) Nice job!
tell me about it, it was one of my worst nightmare to fly on full. i always thought the FW-190 was harder though. Man this is gunna be hard, this? or FH2. I guess whoever comes out first wins :) both are very good.